WEEKLY HOME STUDY PACKAGE - WEEK 1 (05/07/21 – 09/07/21)

Subject ENGLISH Year/Level 10

Strand READING & VIEWING
Sub-strand Mass Media- Cartoon
Content Learning  Describe effectiveness of the different types of media.
Outcome  Discuss the advantage and disadvantage of the different types of mass
media.
 Illustrate the usage of each media.

LESSON NOTES/ACTIVITY:

Cartoon
 Are creative drawings or pictures with humorous or sometimes serious lessons
 The purpose is to make people laugh. It is a form of entertainment.
 Show humor through: characters (odd/silly behavior, words), situations (funny/silly),
cartoonist etc.

Types of newspaper Cartoons

 Single frame – only one frame or picture.
 Cartoon Strip - has two or more frames or pictures separately. Readers have to follow
sequence of events.
Cartoon 1 Cartoon 2

The 1st image shows a single frame cartoon about vegies talking against junk food (fries) while
second image is a cartoon strip with 3 different images/ scenes of a teenager being bored of
social media but no thoughts of leaving it for even a minute.

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Activity Questions (10 MARKS)

Cartoon 1 Cartoon 2

With reference to the 2 cartoon images given above, answer the following questions
1. Name and differentiate between the two types of cartoons shown above? (2 marks)
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2. State two things that makes each cartoon humorous. ( 2 marks)
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3. Do you like reading cartoons or comics? Justify your answer. (2 marks)
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4. What is your favorite comic and why? (1 mark)
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5. Why do you think cartoons are important? (1 mark)

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6. Which section of the newspaper would you find comics in? (1 mark)
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